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Re: A Prospective Study of Pigmentation, Sun Exposure, and Risk of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in Women
Affiliations of authors: Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (DL, CS); Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI (MAW); Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence (MAW); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (MB).
Correspondence to: DeAnn Lazovich, PhD, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Ave., #300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 (e-mail: lazovich@epi.umn.edu)
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The results obtained in at least 24 casecontrol studies that have examined the association between indoor tanning and melanoma are largely inconclusive (1). The study by Veierød et al. (2) is important because it provides the first prospective evidence for an association between indoor tanning and
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J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 96: 336-337.
J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 96: 337-338.
J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 96: 335-336.
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